Construction continues on Rose Quarter apartment project

Eddie Saines, a laborer with Whitaker Ellis and apprentice with Local 320, dispatched from Local 296, removes a board from a form template while working at the site of the Milano apartment project. Photo by Sam Tenney/DJC

Construction continues on the Milano apartment project, which began in January. The 60-unit project in the Rose Quarter is designed by Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects and is being built by LCG Pence. It will feature small units and lots of bike parking, and it’s slated for completion this fall. Here’s what the finished building will look like:

Rendering courtesy of Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects

More construction photos after the jump.

Lee Hlavacka, a journeyman carpenter with Whitaker Ellis and member of Local 156, strips templates from the footing at the Milano. Photo by Sam Tenney/DJC

Journeyman cement mason Clyde Ball, a member of local 555 and employee of Whitaker Ellis, smoothes concrete on the footing of the Milano. Photo by Sam Tenney/DJC

4 comments

I hope this is really a sign that the real estate market is improving. It has been so stagnant for the last few years that it was impossible to move anything in the market. We tried to put up our house on the market last year and nothing happened. We did everything we were told to do – screened through every property website for opportunities and opened our doors to any potential buyers. To date, we have yet to receive any decent offers.

Well, even though the current progress doesn’t pretty much represent a structure of a building at all, at least we all know there is the basis already and that some development is indeed going on and it’s just in a matter of time before the whole building will be up and ready for accommodation. Definitely a piece of great news for home seekers out there as this opens doors for more housing opportunities.

This is possibly a good sign that the construction business is up and running again. It was hit during the housing crisis, as less people had the funds to develop new buildings. There is enough evidence to show that the property market is on the upswing now.

How long more will the construction take? It seems like it had been taking forever to see any significant progress on the construction. For now, from what I can see from the pictures, it is a long ways to the completed building.